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Riverside Caravan Park in Llandre, near Aberystwyth, was badly hit during the June floods

An extra £10m is to be spent on flood defences following the devastating rains which caused widespread flooding in mid Wales last summer.

Environment Minister John Griffiths told the assembly members the Welsh government was determined to "learn lessons" from the event in June.

Homes and holiday parks were badly hit in Ceredigion and Gwynedd, with the village of Pennal evacuated when a reservoir threatened to overflow.

The money will be spent in 2013-2015.

Over 100mm of rain - more than the average amount for the whole month of June - fell in 24 hours in some areas, leaving 127 homes and 248 caravans under water.

'Manage the risks'

In a statement to the Senedd, Mr Griffiths said a number of post-incident reports had been produced, including one by the Environment Agency which made 11 recommendations aimed at ensuring better flood awareness at local level.

There's obviously been issues with people afraid to return to the park or to book and come because of a risk of a repeatSteve South, Riverside Caravan Park

There was also a need to make use of technical developments to improve flood warning systems.

He said: "We can never stop or fully prevent flooding but we can manage the risks and reduce the consequences.

"We were already investing over £140m in flood and coastal erosion risk management over the life of this assembly to reduce risk for over 7,000 properties."

He said despite severe reductions in its capital budget, the Welsh government was spending an extra £10m on flood and coastal risk management over 2013/14 to 2014/15, taking investment to more than£150m.